UPPER MERION — Police continue to search for 10-month-old Saanvi Venna, who went missing from the Marquis Apartments following the murder of her grandmother, 61-year-old Satayvathi Venna on Monday morning.

According to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, the child was reported missing at 1:16 p.m. Monday afternoon and an Amber Child Abduction Alert was issued. Authorities determined that the murder and abduction occurred sometime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday.

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An autopsy is under way on the grandmother, who was visiting the family from India and had been in the United States since July. She was scheduled to return to India in January.

The murder and kidnapping are being investigated by the FBI, the Upper Merion Township Police Department, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and Detective Bureau, FBI Crisis Negotiations Unit and Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Va., King of Prussia Fire Company, Lafayette Ambulance, Volunteer Medical Services of Lansdale and Montgomery County Police Academy.

The family had been living in the United States since 2007, residing in San Antonio, Texas; Troy, Mich.; and Cleveland, Ohio and how been living at their current residence since 2012.

According to neighbor Vasu Velaj, who lives in an adjoining building, the family had already begun looking for a new place to live due to concerns over safety.

“The security’s not too good and everybody knows that,” said Velaj. “Even though many residents have asked them to increase security, that’s not effective.”

Anyone with any information should contact the Upper Merion Police Department at 610-265-3232 or the Montgomery County Detective Bureau at 610-278-3368.